serve-rw

serve-rw

Serve-RW is a lightweight file server that supports reading, writing, and deleting files via HTTP requests. It allows you to easily expose a directory over HTTP with MIME types, directory listings, and full CORS support. You can use PUT requests to upload or replace files and DELETE requests to remove them.

🚀 Features

• Dynamic File Serving: Serve files with correct MIME types.
• Directory Listing: Auto-generates an HTML listing for directories.
• File Uploads: Upload or replace files via PUT requests.
• File Deletion: Remove files using DELETE requests.
• CORS Enabled: Open to any origin, making it accessible for external resources.
• Command-Line Configurable: Easily configure the port and root directory.
• Error Handling: Errors are shown in HTML and logged to the console.

📦 Installation

You can install serve-rw globally using npm:

npm install -g serve-rw

Alternatively, you can clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/n3rdyme/serve-rw.git
cd serve-rw
npm install

🛠️ Usage

Once installed, you can run the server with:

serve-rw --port <port> --directory <path>

Command-Line Options:

• --port <port>: Specify the port the server listens on (default: 3000).
• --directory <path>: Set the root directory for serving files (default: ./config).

Example:

serve-rw --port 8080 --directory /path/to/your/directory

🌐 API Endpoints

1. GET - Retrieve Files and Directories

Access any file or directory via a GET request. If the path is a directory, an HTML page listing its contents will be returned.

Example:

curl http://localhost:8080/myfile.txt

2. PUT - Upload or Replace Files

Use a PUT request to upload a new file or replace an existing one.

Example:

curl -X PUT --data-binary @yourfile.txt http://localhost:8080/uploadedfile.txt

3. DELETE - Remove Files

Use a DELETE request to remove a specific file.

Example:

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8080/myfile.txt

📂 Directory Listing

When a directory is requested, an HTML page with a listing of its contents will be returned. The page includes navigation links to subdirectories and a link to the parent directory (if applicable).

⚠️ Error Handling

If an error occurs (e.g., a file is not found or the server encounters an issue), a user-friendly HTML error page will be returned, and the error will be logged to the console for easy debugging.

🛠 Development

If you'd like to contribute:

• Fork the repository.
• Create your feature branch:

  git checkout -b feature/my-new-feature
  

• Commit your changes:

  git commit -am 'Add new feature'
  

• Push the branch:

  git push origin feature/my-new-feature
  

• Submit a pull request.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Find this project on GitHub: n3rdyme/serve-rw

Now you can easily expose directories over HTTP with full read-write capabilities using serve-rw. Happy serving!